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the pentagon plans to change its policy and allow women to take part in direct combat. until now, they have been banned from thousands of jobs and front-line positions. >> i am absolutely thrilled about the lifting of the combat exclusion policy. in the civilian world, we refer to the glass ceiling where women cannot get beyond a point in the progression. in the military, we call it the brass ceiling. >> reactions have been overwhelmingly positive. congress has welcomed it, and so has the american public. >> if women were willing to put themselves on the lines, they should have every right to be there. >> every family has a win in general, and the military should also. >> the decision could open up 230,000 -- [no audio] until 2016 to rule on positions it thinks should remain closed to women. >> there were reports from mali that an islamist group has split off from the group that seized large parts of the north and is ready to enter talks to end the fighting. >> the splinter groups as it does not include foreign fighters and it renounces terrorism. as more french troops
the pentagon plans to change its policy and allow women to take part in direct combat. until now, they have been banned from thousands of jobs and front-line positions. >> i am absolutely thrilled about the lifting of the combat exclusion policy. in the civilian world, we refer to the glass ceiling where women cannot get beyond a point in the progression. in the military, we call it the brass ceiling. >> reactions have been overwhelmingly positive. congress has welcomed it, and so...
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initiative and it's a pentagon initiative it's not a common issue it is the french overextended but i think there will be very serious backup from the pentagon garro dot com on the independent and those that wish we had more time we thank you. head of egypt's army is warning that the country is on the verge of collapse after almost a week of violent and dress between the government and opposition militias earlier the cabinet pushed through a law giving the military the power of arrest while the president declared a state of emergency and curfews in three cities this was ignored by protesters who took to the streets on mass across the country calling for regime change it was no great through in the times that a compromise as the opposition acknowledged calls for a national dialogue by the president in cairo crowds continued to clash with security forces leaving piles of burning in the streets after midnight again co-founder of the council of trustees of the revolution in egypt says a statement by the army chief signaled the military is playing out its own things to see if. the surface
initiative and it's a pentagon initiative it's not a common issue it is the french overextended but i think there will be very serious backup from the pentagon garro dot com on the independent and those that wish we had more time we thank you. head of egypt's army is warning that the country is on the verge of collapse after almost a week of violent and dress between the government and opposition militias earlier the cabinet pushed through a law giving the military the power of arrest while the...
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for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is time for policy to catch up with reality. that was the message that leon panetta said today as he lifted a ban on women serving in combat. acknowledge in the sacrifices which have already been made by both sexes, he talked of a future where everyone would be given the opportunity to serve in front line rolls. what's the next greatest generation will be one of men and women who will fight and die together to protect this nation. that is what freedom is all about. >> leon panetta there. what do these changes mean and how does the u.s. military compare with other countries like brita
for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe....
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the pentagon was investigating investigations and that general john allens' three occasions with jill kelly were inappropriate. petraeus later resigned. isico's supreme court expected to rule on a case that triggered a diplomatic dispute with france a french national is serving a 60-year jail sentence for kidnapping and organized crime. adam reports from mexico city. >> this police raid forage was so convincing that the mexican public and judges were sure that the french woman was a criminal. the only problem was that the video was staged the day after she was actually arrested. later, it emerged that the federal police chief at the time staged a raid from the country's two top tv networks. she is currently serving a 60- year jail sentence for kidnapping and organized crime. but on wednesday, mexico's supreme court could rule whether her constitutional rights were violated. the kidnapping victims were found at the ranch where she was staying with her boyfriend. he confessed to the kidnapping, but said she had nothing to do with it. she has always maintained her innocence and victims h
the pentagon was investigating investigations and that general john allens' three occasions with jill kelly were inappropriate. petraeus later resigned. isico's supreme court expected to rule on a case that triggered a diplomatic dispute with france a french national is serving a 60-year jail sentence for kidnapping and organized crime. adam reports from mexico city. >> this police raid forage was so convincing that the mexican public and judges were sure that the french woman was a...
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how does the pentagon respond? >> it is a good question. what they are looking for is gender neutrality. the physical fitness test is one thing but being able to do a job they are saying is something else. in other words, a senior marine corps official said if you want to be a tanker in the marine corps you have to be able to load the tank mount. it weighs 50 pounds. you have to do everything possible in a small confined space to do that. they are not going to compromise on the basic skills you need to do a job. he said where there may be flexibility is do you need to be able to run x number of miles at exactly this many minutes and seconds? that may be up for debate. what the marine corps is going to do is get 400 men and 400 women and run through physical tasks, real jobs that take physical strength. they are going to see how that comes out. from there they will be able to see where these standards need to be. >> we are waiting for the secretary's official announcement happening in about 20 minutes away. >>> on capitol hill there is a new
how does the pentagon respond? >> it is a good question. what they are looking for is gender neutrality. the physical fitness test is one thing but being able to do a job they are saying is something else. in other words, a senior marine corps official said if you want to be a tanker in the marine corps you have to be able to load the tank mount. it weighs 50 pounds. you have to do everything possible in a small confined space to do that. they are not going to compromise on the basic...
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. >> for more on the pentagon's announcement, i spoke a short time ago to a former army sergeant who served in deployment in iraq. thank you very much for coming in. let me pick up on what the lieutenant general was saying. he says it is not sexist but it would be lowering standards to put women on the front line. >> the military is not lowering standards. women have been serving in combat for a decade now. and one of the other issues that the military struggle is with -- struggles with is that only 25% of people qualify for military service. unfortunately, 75% are to physically unfit, not educated enough, or have criminal backgrounds. if we want to get the best in military service, we need to make sure that women are part of the population. >> you have to open the door for everybody. they would have to meet physical fitness standards. they're not actually lowering standards. few served in iraq. >> i did. >> you were shot at. >> we took small arms fire and direct fire. that is true. >> you were in a combat position? >> that's right, i went on patrol with the infantry. the only thing
. >> for more on the pentagon's announcement, i spoke a short time ago to a former army sergeant who served in deployment in iraq. thank you very much for coming in. let me pick up on what the lieutenant general was saying. he says it is not sexist but it would be lowering standards to put women on the front line. >> the military is not lowering standards. women have been serving in combat for a decade now. and one of the other issues that the military struggle is with -- struggles...
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he served for three decades as an army special forces officer in top pentagon official. in july 2001 he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and work daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years. upon retirement from the army continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense homeland defense and american security affairs. please join me in welcoming steve. [applause] >> let me add my welcome to all of you. i think we're going to have a real treat this morning. as john mentioned, i am a special forces officer by profession. so this area is near and dear to my heart. this is kind of what we do or did. it'll let me do it anymore. [laughter] i mentioned to max when he came in a little historical artifact in that when i was a cadet at west point i bought a book that had just been published. a two volume set. it was called war in the shadows , the guerrilla in history by robert aspirate. that book from 1975 until now really has been the sort of a benchmark for this kind of historical review of this subject area. that is
he served for three decades as an army special forces officer in top pentagon official. in july 2001 he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and work daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years. upon retirement from the army continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense homeland defense and american security affairs. please join me in welcoming steve. [applause] >> let me add my welcome to all of you. i think we're going to...
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for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is time for policy to catch up with reality. that was the message that leon panea
for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe....
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>> like it ever stopped the pentagon before. that's why they couldn't dot petition thing. >> it is called 12/11, baby. >> next? >> dan, what lessons if any can we learn from the movie "universal soldier." >> that lungrin and john claude van dam can have one hell of a fight scene at the end. i was genetic clear engineered to be meed yolker. >> that keeps you off the battlefield which is amazing. >> the i don't know stuff. >> isn't this a violation of our rights? >> this is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. i love the academic who started with the weasel word, arguable. 24r* are a lot of things arguable. >> there is an addition to the geneva convention that said extraordinary -- it was inhumane weapons. i don't know what is inhumane about an exoskeleten. >> all is fair in love and war which is why i wear an exoskeleten. >> he needs to learn his history. we will go back to world war ii. he was the first by logically engineered soldier. a, he got gorgeous. b, he went over to nazi germany ment -- over to the nazi germany. >> we
>> like it ever stopped the pentagon before. that's why they couldn't dot petition thing. >> it is called 12/11, baby. >> next? >> dan, what lessons if any can we learn from the movie "universal soldier." >> that lungrin and john claude van dam can have one hell of a fight scene at the end. i was genetic clear engineered to be meed yolker. >> that keeps you off the battlefield which is amazing. >> the i don't know stuff. >> isn't this a...
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for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is time for policy to catch up with reality. that was the message that leon panetta said today as he lifted a ban on women serving in combat. acknowledge in the sacrifices which have already been made by both sexes, he talked of a future where everyone would be given the opportunity to serve in front line rolls. what's the next greatest generation will be one of men and women who will fight and die together to protect this nation. that is what freedom is all about. >> leon panetta there. what do these changes mean and how does the u.s. military compare with other countries like brita
for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe....
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jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. arthel: well the doctor is in and she is here too talk about on an aggressive new strain of norovirus that has been sweeping the global. well it has taken hold here in the u.s. the centers for disease control reports that since september the new strain has caused more than 140 outbreaks nationwide. norovirus spreads quickly through large groups and causes bouts of volume iting and -- vomiting and diarrhea. we have lee van nokia cure, lsu health science center at shreveport. how are you doing. >> good. how are you? arthel: i am but a lot of people aren't. that doesn't sound very good symptoms you get from the norovirus. how else can you tell us in terms of how this virus attacks the body. >> what is interesting, every couple a years a new strain comes about. this was coincidentally during the peak of influenza this spiked. early on when we were hering about people that had the flu but had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, it was probably they were infected with the norovirus. and the noro
jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. arthel: well the doctor is in and she is here too talk about on an aggressive new strain of norovirus that has been sweeping the global. well it has taken hold here in the u.s. the centers for disease control reports that since september the new strain has caused more than 140 outbreaks nationwide. norovirus spreads quickly through large groups and causes bouts of volume iting and -- vomiting and diarrhea. we have lee van nokia cure,...
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the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction that's made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. they serve, they're wounded and they die right next to each other. the time has come to recognize that reality. >> brown: nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines aren't so clearly drawn. and 152 have died there. today's decision opens up some 230,000 battlefront positions to women, many in army and marine infantry units. commanders will have to decide whether women will be eligible for elite forces, such as the navy seals and the army's delta force. >> let me be clear-- we're not talking ab
the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction...
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we've been telling you about a major development from the pentagon this morning. the military will lift its combat ban on women today, and that includes women who are serving in certain sectors, including infantry and other front-line combat positions that are currently off limits. tulsi gabbard is one of the first female combat veterans to serve this congress. appreciate your time this morning. so what's your reaction to the news? do you feel like this is a major step? >> aloha, good morning and thanks for having me here. yes, that is a major step that is long overdue but is a great recognition not only of all the women who are currently serving overseas, many of them in these combat type situations already, but for women who have ever served. we have over 1.8 million women veterans across the country, countless others who have serve eld our country over generations and this is an official recognition of the sacrifices women have been making for this country. >> you say combat-type positions and you're a combat veteran yourself. so is this to some degree semantic
we've been telling you about a major development from the pentagon this morning. the military will lift its combat ban on women today, and that includes women who are serving in certain sectors, including infantry and other front-line combat positions that are currently off limits. tulsi gabbard is one of the first female combat veterans to serve this congress. appreciate your time this morning. so what's your reaction to the news? do you feel like this is a major step? >> aloha, good...
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and pentagon officials said they've begun eliminating 46,000 temporary civilian workers in the face of looming budget cuts. a question-- how did illness affect some of the most famous authors of western literature? kwame holman has more on our online story. >> holman: john milton suffered blindness, the bronte sisters died of tuberculosis, and shakespeare may have contracted syphilis. famous authors and their ailments-- that's the subject of a new book by dr. john j. ross. find his conversation with jeff on "art beat." on "lunch in the lab," a mistranslation spreads a false rumor about cloning neanderthal babies. get the science behind the story. and is the national debt harmful to children? paul solman answers a viewer's question on "making sense." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. hari. >> sreenivasan: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, the daily download looks at social media in the workplace. i'm hari sreenivasan. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again
and pentagon officials said they've begun eliminating 46,000 temporary civilian workers in the face of looming budget cuts. a question-- how did illness affect some of the most famous authors of western literature? kwame holman has more on our online story. >> holman: john milton suffered blindness, the bronte sisters died of tuberculosis, and shakespeare may have contracted syphilis. famous authors and their ailments-- that's the subject of a new book by dr. john j. ross. find his...
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the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction that's made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. they serve, they're wounded and they die right next to each other. the time has come to recognize that reality. >> brown: nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines aren't so clearly drawn. and 152 have died there. today's decision opens up some 230,000 battlefront positions to women, many in army and marine infantry units. commanders will have to decide whether women will be eligible for elite forces, such as the navy seals and the army's delta force. >> let me be clear-- we're not talking ab
the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction...
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and pentagon officials said they've begun eliminating 46,000 temporary civilian workers in the face of looming budget cuts. a question-- how did illness affect some of the most famous authors of western literature? kwame holman has more on our online story. >> holman: john milton suffered blindness, the bronte sisters died of tuberculosis, and shakespeare may have contracted syphilis. famous authors and their ailments-- that's the subject of a new book by dr. john j. ross. find his conversation with jeff on "art beat." on "lunch in the lab," a mistranslation spreads a false rumor about cloning neanderthal babies. get the science behind the story. and is the national debt harmful to children? paul solman answers a viewer's question on "making sense." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. hari. >> sreenivasan: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, the daily download looks at social media in the workplace. i'm hari sreenivasan. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again
and pentagon officials said they've begun eliminating 46,000 temporary civilian workers in the face of looming budget cuts. a question-- how did illness affect some of the most famous authors of western literature? kwame holman has more on our online story. >> holman: john milton suffered blindness, the bronte sisters died of tuberculosis, and shakespeare may have contracted syphilis. famous authors and their ailments-- that's the subject of a new book by dr. john j. ross. find his...
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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is "outfront." hillary clinton says it's risky to ignore this rising threat. >> benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists. >> reporter: and the defense secretary sounds like a man ready to go on offense. >> we've got to go after al qaeda, wherever the hell they're at. and yes, in mali if necessary. >> reporter: but the white house is not embracing the same tough talk. >> we are working with france and support their effort in mali, and believe that the goal of preventing terrorists' safe haven is an important one. >> reporter: in public, the administration swings from forceful to tentative. a senior u.s. official said the defense secretary's tough talk is classic panetta. "he's letting the french know we've got their back in the offensive against al qaeda." u.s. military planes recently started landing in the capital, bringing 200 french troops and tons of the equipment to the fight. they're also sharing intelligence. but france is tak
pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is "outfront." hillary clinton says it's risky to ignore this rising threat. >> benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists. >> reporter: and the defense secretary sounds like a man ready to go on offense. >> we've got to go after al qaeda, wherever the hell they're at. and yes, in mali if necessary. >> reporter: but the white house is not embracing the same...
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the pentagon expected to announce today it is lifting its long standing ban on women serving in combat, a ground breaking decision that's being both praised and criticized in and out of the military. >>> rigorous defense. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> a fired up hillary clinton takes on her critics during the testimony about the terror attacks in benghazi. she's heading back to the hill today as the man slated to replace her begins his confirmation hearing. >>> frozen solid. the arctic blast does not let up, millions of americans bracing for another day of bone chilling temperature cast. thursday, january 24th, 2013. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. let's get right to this story in washington, the decision to allow women in combat roles, a watershed moment being praised by a lot of people and others starting to wonder how it might impact the capability of other forces. >> we all know women have been putting their lives in dangerous war zones for many years. what does this change really mean
the pentagon expected to announce today it is lifting its long standing ban on women serving in combat, a ground breaking decision that's being both praised and criticized in and out of the military. >>> rigorous defense. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> a fired up hillary clinton takes on her critics during the testimony about the terror attacks in benghazi. she's heading back to the hill today as the man slated to replace her begins his confirmation...
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the pentagon discourages the release of videos, in part so as not to give the taliban any tactical information or propaganda tools. as for daniels, the important thing was how the battle that day ended. >> we made it. we made it. you know, we all made it out. and you know, we all made it to fight another day. it felt good. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," barry petersen ft. carson, colorado. >> one more example of how technology shows us what war is really like. >> right. and how much interest there is in what's going on in afghanistan. that 23 million times that video has been viewed. something from the front lines. a rare glimpse of what they go through. >> absolutely. >>> a new report claims good drivers are paying more for car insurance than bad drivers. we'll show you why. >>> tomorrow, oscar nominee bradley cooper will talk with us. he's talking about the hit "silver linings playbook" and the role he wants next -- lance armstrong. you're watching "cbs this morning." ( birds chirping ) everything's better with a great cup of coffee. exceptionally smooth and perfectly balanced for a ha
the pentagon discourages the release of videos, in part so as not to give the taliban any tactical information or propaganda tools. as for daniels, the important thing was how the battle that day ended. >> we made it. we made it. you know, we all made it out. and you know, we all made it to fight another day. it felt good. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," barry petersen ft. carson, colorado. >> one more example of how technology shows us what war is really like....
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homeland has jurisdiction uniquely what the pentagon doesn't, or the nro doesn't, over the civilian space. and that is a reason maybe not well enough understood why homeland has to be an independent player, yet many in the private sector, some of the business interests have been saying that homeland does not have the competence to do this job well. do you agree with that? >> no. [laughter] spent i think that's what they call -- that's a leading question. >> one of the things we deal with all the time at dhs is perception doesn't match reali reality. and so perception is of how things work, you know, five years ago, seven years ago and the like. perception needs to catch up with reality. because point of fact, the department has moved light-years ahead in terms of its cyber capabilities come and we continue to move in that direction. president obama has continued to ask congress for the resources that we need in order to do that. so when we talk about the interaction with the private pre sector, which we did in a number of other areas already, what we are talking about linking together the
homeland has jurisdiction uniquely what the pentagon doesn't, or the nro doesn't, over the civilian space. and that is a reason maybe not well enough understood why homeland has to be an independent player, yet many in the private sector, some of the business interests have been saying that homeland does not have the competence to do this job well. do you agree with that? >> no. [laughter] spent i think that's what they call -- that's a leading question. >> one of the things we deal...
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what's the big idea that you want everybody in the pentagon to know about what you learned? >> well, there's a bunch, but the biggest one is simply how ubiquitous an old-old guerrilla warfare actually is. this is not something new. this is not a passing fad. this is not something that's going to go away when we leave afghanistan. >> give us historical context. what was the first example of guerrilla warfare? >> glad you asked because the first guerrilla wars are as old as man did kind. tribal warfare is essentially guerrilla warfare. tribes don't have uniforms. they fight with ambush-type tactics. this type of warfare has been going on as long as we've been on this earth. conventional warfare is a relatively recent and relatively rare invention. and here's a good question for you, joe. what was the last conventional war the world has seen? it's a hard one to get. i had to look this up. the last conventional war was in 2008 when georgia was invaded by russia. it lasted a few weeks. so there have been almost no conventional wars around the world, and yet thousands of people ar
what's the big idea that you want everybody in the pentagon to know about what you learned? >> well, there's a bunch, but the biggest one is simply how ubiquitous an old-old guerrilla warfare actually is. this is not something new. this is not a passing fad. this is not something that's going to go away when we leave afghanistan. >> give us historical context. what was the first example of guerrilla warfare? >> glad you asked because the first guerrilla wars are as old as man...